Professor Gary Bouma is head of the School of Political and Social Inquiry at Monash University. He holds the UNESCO Chair in Interreligious and Intercultural Relations ¿ Asia Pacific and is Chair of the Standing Committee on Ethics in Research Involving Humans. He is the author of numerous works on the interaction between religion and society in Western countries including Canada, the United States, Australia, New Zealand and Europe.
Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction - spirituality, sacred places and religion in Australia
2. The qualities of spiritual and religious life in Australia
3. The quantities of spiritual and religious life in Australia
4. Cultural changes affecting Australian spirituality and religion
5. The changing social location of religion and spirituality
6. The mainstream - from Christendom to comfortable on the margins
7. Responding to the future
8. Religion, spirituality and Australian social policy
9. Signs of hope in the 21st century
References
Further reading
Index.
